West Bengal elections 2026: TMC to contest 291 seats, releases full list of candidates

AHead up of the assemblage elections in westward Bengal next month, the Trinamool us congress on tues released the names of its candidates for the polls.The Mamata Banerjee-led party will contest 291 of the 294 Assembly seats in the state, with the TMC supremo contesting from her current seat of Bhabanipur in Kolkata.This has set the field for a direct contest between the West Bengal chief minister and BJP's Suvendu Adhikari, who had handed her a defeat in Nandigram in 2021. Banerjee then entered the House by winning a bypoll in Bhabanipur.While the TMC will contest 291 seats, the remaining three seats in the Darjeeling hills region will be contested by Anit Thapa-led Bharatiya Gorkha Prajatantrik Morcha (BGPM).Releasing the list of all candidates who will contest the elections, Banerjee expressed confidence in the TMC retaining power, saying, “We will win more than 226 seats in the 2026 assembly polls.”TMC candidates for West Bengal Assembly polls | Full listMekliganj (SC) - Paresh Chandra AdhikaryMathabhanga (SC) - Sablu BarmanCoochbehar Uttar (SC) - Partha Pratim RoyCoochbehar Dakshin - Avijit De Bhowmick (Hippy)Sitalkuchi (SC) - Harihar DasSitai (SC) - Sangita Roy BasuniaDinhata - Udayan GuhaNatabari - Sailen BarmaTufanganj - Shib Sankar PaulKumargram (ST) - Rajeev TirkeyKalchini (ST) - Birendra BaraAlipurduar - Suman KanjilalFalakata (SC) - Subhash Chandra RoyMadarihat (ST) - Jayprakash ToppoDhupguri (SC) - Dr Nirmal Chandra RoyMaynaguri (SC) - Ram Mohan RoyJalpaiguri (SC) - Krishna DasRajganj (SC) - Swapna BarmanDabgram-Phulbari - Ranjan Shil SharmaMal (ST) - Bulu Chik BaraikNagrakata (ST) - Sanjay KujurKalimpong - BGMP (Ally)Darjeeling - BGMP (Ally)Kurseong - BGMP (Ally)Matigara-Naxalbari (SC) - Sankar MalakarSiliguri - Goutam DebPhansidewa (ST) - Reena Toppo EkkaChopra - Hamidul RahamanIslampur - Kanaia Lal AggarwalGoalpokhar - Md. 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